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Just went by best buy to pick up a neo and they were out. I was told by the guy working at the samsung kiosk that they were discontinued. Anybody know if there is any truth to that.
Can't say it wasn't coming. All the buzz is for android wear right now and Samsung is killing off tizen(remember bada anyone?). I like my g2n watch even after using the grear live for a little while. Something about a physical button. Kinda wish there was support for porting wear to the neo as I don't want to talk to S-Voice all the time.
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I would wait for some kind of real confirmation. Dude couldve been going off a rumor or something.
With Gear S coming next month I can see this coming but as of now i would wait for something said by Samsung
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But the gear 2 neo uses Tizen...android wear Is **** compared to tizen as far as available uses..
Luckily I stopped by sams yesterday and they had a few neos left so I picked one up. I was looking online to see if it was discontinued and I saw one other person also say they heard it was discontinued and strangely they were told that by someone from best buy. I know the guy at my best buy said he was surprised when they pulled them off the shelf because they were fairly new and still sold really well.
I cam not sure I agree with tizen being killed off. Wear is nice and I might have gotten a moto 360 of the battery would even last a day, but samsung is about to launch gear s with tizen and they are getting ready to launch tizen phones.
No way is samsung killing off tizan they are just hedging there bets and backing android as well and tizan. Remember the watches from samsung have been released about every 6 months so stock of the gear 2 should now be depleted ready for the gear s to take its place.
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No way is samsung killing off tizan they are just hedging there bets and backing android as well and tizan. Remember the watches from samsung have been released about every 6 months so stock of the gear 2 should now be depleted ready for the gear s to take its place.
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Correct, also the new Gear S is Tizen as well
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Greatness83 said:
Correct, also the new Gear S is Tizan as well
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It's spelled Tizen
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It's spelled Tizen
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WOW thanks for your first post to be one to correct me, hahaha
Don't feed the trolls!
I didn't know the Gear S wasn't Android Wear. That's a bit comforting and gives me hope that our watch will still get updates. My speculation was based off blogs reporting on Samsung doing away w/ it's OS for Android.
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I've got one that I'll sell. Bought in august
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Don't feed the trolls!
I didn't know the Gear S wasn't Android Wear. That's a bit comforting and gives me hope that our watch will still get updates. My speculation was based off blogs reporting on Samsung doing away w/ it's OS for Android.
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Well hopefully they fix whatever they messed up in the last update. Not only do i not receive notifications on my Neo but the battery only lasts a day now compared to the 3 i usually get
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My Neo died. Had geek squad protection, so I threw down a few extra bucks for a moto360, as they had no Neo in stock.
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WOW thanks for your first post to be one to correct me, hahaha
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Lol i was just messing with you. I have been around here for years. Something happened to my account. They have been discontinued at best buy for sure. My best friend works for samsung and even he is shocked
All I find online is that the Gear VR is only compatible with the Note 4. Does that mean any carrier's Note 4, or only AT&T, since they're the only ones who are also selling the device?
Is compatibility ready out of the box, or does it need a specific update?
More specifically, how's compatibility with the T-Mobile Note 4?
Website says only verizon is no go until update
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What website? Could you please provide a link?
Man I am in Canada on bell and ordered one of these right when they came out because I really want one and they won't be selling in Canada like the gear circle which I had to order in the usa as well. Have to pay shipping to canada to ship it from the mail forwarding company I use, I really really hope it works or that's going to be roughly $275 collecting dust. I love Samsung and everything in my house is Samsung but this really pissed me off that somehow a carrier has to be involved with a vr headset.
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What website? Could you please provide a link?
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http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/we...38267&MKM_MID=5423369&CID=eml-mb-cph-1214-785
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http://www.samsung.com/us/mobile/wea...b-cph-1214-785
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Thanks a lot. I can't believe I hadn't seen it.
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Man I am in Canada on bell and ordered one of these right when they came out because I really want one and they won't be selling in Canada like the gear circle which I had to order in the usa as well. Have to pay shipping to canada to ship it from the mail forwarding company I use, I really really hope it works or that's going to be roughly $275 collecting dust. I love Samsung and everything in my house is Samsung but this really pissed me off that somehow a carrier has to be involved with a vr headset.
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im in the same boat, should have mine tomorrow, in on telus though, rooted and running a tmobile based rom and custom kernel so who knows, ill keep you posted
Yours should work then as long as it's a t-mobile rom with the latest firmware, I on the other hand stopped rooting and all that last year so I hope it works. I think it was only verizon that wasn't working but they released the update pretty quick which I hear is rare for them lol. Worst case I will have to wait till January when Bell hopefully releases the lollipop update which should no dought include compatibility with the gear vr!
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im in the same boat, should have mine tomorrow, in on telus though, rooted and running a tmobile based rom and custom kernel so who knows, ill keep you posted
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Sadly, i have mine being shipped to Buffalo and ready for pickup next week. Knowing what we know, I'm no longer in a rush to pick it up.
Anyway, I'll keep an eye on your findings. Thanks!
Worse case,,,,maybe post it for sale?
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Sadly, i have mine being shipped to Buffalo and ready for pickup next week. Knowing what we know, I'm no longer in a rush to pick it up.
Anyway, I'll keep an eye on your findings. Thanks!
Worse case,,,,maybe post it for sale?
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i cant get it to work, get everything installed and all i see is a bluescreen, its the occulus homescreen but blank, none of the apps, flashed stock tmobile fw and the stockish starkiss kernel to avoid the bootloops but nada.
Not good news so far, I should have mine on Monday or Tuesday and I am on bell with no mods or anything so we will see how that goes and I will report back. Like I said though worst case the lollipop update should have the required files.
Well, got my gear vr and went to try it, put SD card in then put phone into headset and was told to take it out to finish installing the software and It did but then said I needed to update my phone. Any ideas? Bell mobility stock and not rooted or anything. Not looking good for us Canadians, maybe if we can get a hold of the gear vr manager apk!
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Well, got my gear vr and went to try it, put SD card in then put phone into headset and was told to take it out to finish installing the software and It did but then said I needed to update my phone. Any ideas? Bell mobility stock and not rooted or anything. Not looking good for us Canadians, maybe if we can get a hold of the gear vr manager apk!
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Brutal. I'll need to decide whether to leave it in the box and sell it, or hold out for the updates. BTW, I read in another forum that once the note 4 gets lollipop, it'll full support the VR. Any truth behind that?
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Brutal. I'll need to decide whether to leave it in the box and sell it, or hold out for the updates. BTW, I read in another forum that once the note 4 gets lollipop, it'll full support the VR. Any truth behind that?
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I said that and I am only assuming it will, would be kinda dumb to put out a major update then have to put out a small one just for the vr. I got mine to work by rooting and using the dk 3.0 rom for t-mobile with the ael kernel. Would have liked to stay stock but sometimes you have to do what you have to do when you don't want to stare at a useless box on your coffee table!
Rom help for Gear VR
HI there. I am new here. I thank you all for the work people put into the Roms and making all 4 of my notes a much more enjoyable product.
I have some questions if someone who knows could please answer them for me as I am left a bit confused with everything I have read.
1. I am in Australia and everytime I load up the Gear VR, or actually the Oculus apps, it says I need to update. I know I can not do this yet so I would like to know if there is a rom I can use?
2. I didnt want to root this note 4 just yet but I will. Is there a way to root it without tripping knox?
3. What is the best way to root it and what do I use? I have used odin many times, but what md5 file should i use for note 4?
4. Can someone please point me to a link of some firmware that I can put on my note 4 that will straight away mean I have the update to use the GEAR VR on my note 4?
Currently when I download the Oculus mobile sdk, each time i try to load an app from it up, it tells me i need the latest update, but then my phone says it has the latest update.
So obviously need to root and load a rom in that will work. I really have always like the x-note rom for note 3, so is there one that will let me use gear vr that is on its way or is there any firmware i can use?
I'm under the impression there must be a rom that allows the gear vr to work.
If someone could help me please get my gear vr working would be great. I have downloaded Vanguard V and that works on my phone, but there is no oculus home, only oculus cinema and others.
Thanks
Please help
Please can someone help me here. The person who writes the post that allows me to follow and i end up with my note 4 being able to work in my Gear VR, I will personally buy them a "RidgeWallet" of their choice. You can google the item and choose one you want me to buy you. I offer this item only because I got one myself and think they are superb and I think it is a great gift to give to someone who makes it so my Gear VR works for my nephews christmas day
Just so you guys know, when you decompile the oculus home and oculus horizon apk. It says the supported models are SM-N910A , SM-N910F, SM-N910C, but we all know it works on the SM-N910T as well. So who knows what there basing support on at this time. Had anyone else dug around in the code?
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HI there. I am new here. I thank you all for the work people put into the Roms and making all 4 of my notes a much more enjoyable product.
I have some questions if someone who knows could please answer them for me as I am left a bit confused with everything I have read.
1. I am in Australia and everytime I load up the Gear VR, or actually the Oculus apps, it says I need to update. I know I can not do this yet so I would like to know if there is a rom I can use?
2. I didnt want to root this note 4 just yet but I will. Is there a way to root it without tripping knox?
3. What is the best way to root it and what do I use? I have used odin many times, but what md5 file should i use for note 4?
4. Can someone please point me to a link of some firmware that I can put on my note 4 that will straight away mean I have the update to use the GEAR VR on my note 4?
Currently when I download the Oculus mobile sdk, each time i try to load an app from it up, it tells me i need the latest update, but then my phone says it has the latest update.
So obviously need to root and load a rom in that will work. I really have always like the x-note rom for note 3, so is there one that will let me use gear vr that is on its way or is there any firmware i can use?
I'm under the impression there must be a rom that allows the gear vr to work.
If someone could help me please get my gear vr working would be great. I have downloaded Vanguard V and that works on my phone, but there is no oculus home, only oculus cinema and others.
Thanks
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What version of the Note do you have. If you have the N910G you should be able to get it to work, but you need to flash the ANK3 firmware.
I am still waiting on my GVR (bloody AusPost...) but this is what I did to get ANK3 firmware on my Aussie N910G. I now have the Oculus app and have downloaded all the VR games already
Go to Sammobile, I cant post the direct link but you want the search for N910G, XSA model
Download the November 2014 firmware, ending in ANK3
Follow the instructions on Sammobile for downloading and using Odin to flash your firmware, these instructions show up after you click the download link. Its pretty straighforward
Phone will restart and install the new firmware
you should then be able to plug the phone into the GVR and it will install the app and any required updates.
The XSA model is the generic Australian model (my phone is a Telstra branded phone). You should have no problems if you have the N910G model. If you have an N910U then you are out of luck as that is the Exynos version.
FYI you can check the model number by looking at "about device" under settings.
Let me know if you have problems. This was the first time I ever flashed a phone firmware so you should be ok. I would be interested to know if, after the update your GVR does acctually work.
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Luke
Thanks Luke. I am same as you. Telstra with 910g. I will give it a go and get back to you.
Thanks for replying. Take me up on my offer if you like.
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livesinaline said:
Thanks Luke. I am same as you. Telstra with 910g. I will give it a go and get back to you.
Thanks for replying. Take me up on my offer if you like.
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So on Sam mobile it appears to have Optus and Vodafone december firmware. Ending with ANK3. Do you think this will ahve the update i need? and why does telstra not have it for FFS? I wouldnt have to root my phone then as I am on that free new phone feeling and instant replacement plan.
I have been trying to search for an answer, but have yet to find one. Not sure if I am jus searching for the wrong terms or something. However I had an S3 and now I have an S6. I got gear manger on the S6, but what will happen to my watch once I connect it? Will all my apps etc still be in the account or will I have to download everything again? If so is there anyway I can do some sort of backup and restore to get everything the way it was on my S6?
Apps redownload. Doesn't take long. After a rom flash takes me 10 minutes to set my watch back up.
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Apps redownload. Doesn't take long. After a rom flash takes me 10 minutes to set my watch back up.
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Not sure why I didn't get alerted for this, but thanks for the response. I ended up being forced to reset it and start over with my new phone. Huge mistake as for some reason half the apps I liked are missing in the Gear store. I assume kitkat vs new lollipop has different stores or something. Very unfortunate.
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Not sure why I didn't get alerted for this, but thanks for the response. I ended up being forced to reset it and start over with my new phone. Huge mistake as for some reason half the apps I liked are missing in the Gear store. I assume kitkat vs new lollipop has different stores or something. Very unfortunate.
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Ya weird. All mine were still there but you access them via galaxy store. Not gear.
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Ya weird. All mine were still there but you access them via galaxy store. Not gear.
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For me even the calculator app wasn't there. The main one I really liked was watch styler app that you could create custom watch faces with
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For me even the calculator app wasn't there. The main one I really liked was watch styler app that you could create custom watch faces with
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weird i have that as well as multiwatch. which i find better. all show no issues. you gotta use the samsung store and a account in conjunction with gear . they never show until i finish a watch reset. i go back in and all my apps are there under purchase history. done it like 100 times.and im on lollipop. stores are the same.
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weird i have that as well as multiwatch. which i find better. all show no issues. you gotta use the samsung store and a account in conjunction with gear . they never show until i finish a watch reset. i go back in and all my apps are there under purchase history. done it like 100 times.and im on lollipop. stores are the same.
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You are setting it back up with the same phone tho? This is a totally different phone. When I go to the gear manager no apps I had before appear
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You are setting it back up with the same phone tho? This is a totally different phone. When I go to the gear manager no apps I had before appear
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nope. i only did a replacement phone last week. still had no issues.when i look at samsung store. before watch is paired. non are there. once i pair i go back to store and they are all there.
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nope. i only did a replacement phone last week. still had no issues.when i look at samsung store. before watch is paired. non are there. once i pair i go back to store and they are all there.
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For me it said do you want to pair the watch and when I said yes it told me I had to reset everything on the watch. I did that and it was a brand new watch with everything gone. Nothing in Samsung store either. Worst is most apps that I had aren't even in the store to re-download. Maybe it's an S6 thing or something.
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For me it said do you want to pair the watch and when I said yes it told me I had to reset everything on the watch. I did that and it was a brand new watch with everything gone. Nothing in Samsung store either. Worst is most apps that I had aren't even in the store to re-download. Maybe it's an S6 thing or something.
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gotta be idk. i factory reset mine weekly on rom updates.
I checked to see if I could uninstall the apps from my downloaded apps but that's not an option either. Anyone know what I can do to fix this?
Me too. Just bought one off eBay. Connected Gear vr and nothing happens. Factory reset my Note 4. Manually installed gear vr and still nothing. Thinking of rolling back to kitkat to see if it works.
Yeah I don't want to have to do all that. Seems silly that there would be any issues with this
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Found out you won't be able to use Gear vr on Kitkat. It forces you to upgrade to lollipop in order to use the Oculus app.
Ah OK. I just spoke with at&t and they were of no help. Samsung's support page says call carrier if it isn't working. Bs. Can't find any info online about it either besides that people were having issues on Verizon last year and needed an update. I'm just going to return the thing this weekend if I can't figure it out
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I may have to do the same thing if I can't figure anything out. And buy a decent pair of goggles that work with Google cardboard. At least I could use that pair with any handset.
Yeah that was my origjnal plan and then convinced myself to get this. It's a bummer really
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This is going to sound silly but I got it working. Even though I thought the phone was fully connected it wasn't. Be sure to push it till you can't see the connector.
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Woo. I think I got it. All I did was pushed it down firmly in and it worked.
Hah yeah
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Just wanted to see if devs are still going to be developing for this device with all the issues that are STILL happening apparently. It's such a shame because I absolutely love this phone. TEKs and OVERDRIVE roms looked real promising. I would just to keep a phone for 2 years if of developing is going to die off.
well considering a 2nd recall by samsung will most likely happen within the next few days according to t-mo. i would say the development for the n7 is done period. i got a feeling the n7 won't be back on the market after this either. samsung will probably scrap em all and move on to the s8 or even the note8 which will most likely need to be renamed as this whole thing has literally damaged the notes name.
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well considering a 2nd recall by samsung will most likely happen within the next few days according to t-mo. i would say the development for the n7 is done period. i got a feeling the n7 won't be back on the market after this either. samsung will probably scrap em all and move on to the s8 or even the note8 which will most likely need to be renamed as this whole thing has literally damaged the notes name.
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Do you playing keep it for now or you planning get otter phone?
OvrDriVE said:
well considering a 2nd recall by samsung will most likely happen within the next few days according to t-mo. i would say the development for the n7 is done period. i got a feeling the n7 won't be back on the market after this either. samsung will probably scrap em all and move on to the s8 or even the note8 which will most likely need to be renamed as this whole thing has literally damaged the notes name.
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Last person out,turn off the lights......................
http://www.androidpolice.com/2016/1...an-internal-stop-sale-order-for-galaxy-note7/
A true bummer, I really don't want another phone but I guess I don't have a choice. Back to a note 4 I guess until a note 8 gets released which might not even happen. I've been a note holder since the note 2 (except a note5 which I wasnt impressed with)
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A true bummer, I really don't want another phone but I guess I don't have a choice. Back to a note 4 I guess until a note 8 gets released which might not even happen. I've been a note holder since the note 2 (except a note5 which I wasnt impressed with)
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The Note4 is my daily driver again, took back my replacement Note 7 yesterday.
It's basically got all the functionality where it really matters, the S-Pen.
The other features that were heavily marketed were of no consequence to me.
I definitely notice the difference between the two as for overall performance, but, it's not an awful experience by any stretch.
Throw your ROM of choice on the Note4 & ya got yourself a very comparable experience.
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The Note4 is my daily driver again, took back my replacement Noòte 7 yesterday.
It's basically got all the functionality where it really matters, the S-Pen.
The other features that were heavily marketed were of no consequence to me.
I definitely notice the difference between the two as for overall performance, but, it's not an awful experience by any stretch.
Throw your ROM of choice on the Note4 & ya got yourself a very comparable experience.
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My phone before this was actually a note 4 and the only reason I went to a note 7 was because my phone was stolen. I was running abstrak rom (now discontinued). I'm probably going to see what mm roms they have for it now. Since I have to purchase another note 4, it will probably be on mm and I dont even know if it's rootable. My old note 3 and 4 were excellent phones, it just pisses me off that Samsung stops updates for older phones basically forcing you to upgrade phones. That being said, I'm sure the note 4 will never get a future update.
And, lights out.......
http://www.cnbc.com/2016/10/09/sams...ended-production-of-galaxy-note-7-report.html
Wait a minute, the lights are flicking. Nobody has turned the off yet.....
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Wait a minute, the lights are flicking. Nobody has turned the off yet.....
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I second that
rogerandgina said:
Wait a minute, the lights are flicking. Nobody has turned the off yet.....
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I second that
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You guys believe a Note 7 V3 will ship with rootable firmware?
I seriously doubt it, we caught a lucky break on this one & some on V2 were left out in the cold w/a phone dead for development.
It's a nice phone without root, Package Disabler apps help a lot,along with a decent Ad Blocker, but, not enough for Round 3 on the exact same phone.
I'll check in on the next iteration,the Note 8,or whatever they'll call it.....
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You guys believe a Note 7 V3 will ship with rootable firmware?
I seriously doubt it, we caught a lucky break on this one & some on V2 were left out in the cold w/a phone dead for development.
It's a nice phone without root, Package Disabler apps help a lot,along with a decent Ad Blocker, but, not enough for Round 3 on the exact same phone.
I'll check in on the next iteration,the Note 8,or whatever they'll call it.....
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So are you moving to something else, if so what phone
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So are you moving to something else, if so what phone
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I've got a T-Mobile Note4, a perfectly decent daily driver.
However, I'm a recovering phone ho', the LG V20 is next on my list (returned my Note7 V2 for a refund two days ago)
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I've got a T-Mobile Note4, a perfectly decent daily driver.
However, I'm a recovering phone ho', the LG V20 is next on my list (returned my Note7 V2 for a refund two days ago)
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Wow, not sure what phone to move on to if I was to move on. Been rocking notes since they came out. Got a note 4 but the screen needs to be fixed
I wish T-mobile will get the new Google phone. I will definitely get the pixel.
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I wish T-mobile will get the new Google phone. I will definitely get the pixel.
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They can't because Verizon has the carrier exclusive on it..
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They can't because Verizon has the carrier exclusive on it..
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Shame on Google and Verizon lol, that's some outdated way of business even Apple does not do it any more.
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When Samsung has a major fiasco they recall all the product gather all the staff in the court house and destroy the product in front of them and the manager of that department is then banned from the company for life. Korean custom. Not only did the guy lose his job he disgraced his Family for generation to come. Going back to Note 7 the product is being discontinued it was announced in German newspapers today
GREAT!! *sarcasm*
My Note 5 was messing up and I got the 7 for the upgrade.
I'll have to debate this, as mine was one of the ones that wasn't a replacement or recalled. But with no rooting ability, or way to drop back a version to gain root...might have to go back to the Note 5.
I never even attempted to try the software update. I didn't like the stupid green battery icons or grouped notifications. I still have my v2 on original release firmware with updates blocked. I like the phone uprooted but I do not like the current software for it. It's a shame because I love phone otherwise, but without future root to make those small tweaks on the v3, I think I'll wait until I find something I really like. I've always been a Samsung guy that being said I'm not a real Fan of pure Google type phones. For some reason I really like touchwiz (ya I know).